At the end of a day of negotiations, the carabinieri broke in and arrested the 80-year-old from Bacoli (Naples) who had barricaded himself at home after having wounded his wife with a pistol.
The old man was blocked, the gun confiscated.
The blitz of the men of the weapon took place in the evening, the man had barricaded himself in the house since the morning. At the height of a quarrel, he took the gun he held clandestinely and shot his wife: then, after allowing the woman to be accompanied to the hospital, he barricaded himself in the house.
Armed and insensitive to the requests of the carabinieri to leave, the story kept the town in suspense for a whole day: from 8.30 in the morning until 22, when the military raid of the Arma took place.
The carabinieri negotiated for a long time to ensure the safety of man and prevent him from making extreme gestures, so much so that the gas supply in the building was also interrupted.
The 77-year-old woman fell to the ground after being shot in the side but managed to contact one of her three children, who ran into the house and rescued her, loading her into a car and taking her to the hospital. It is not life threatening.
The motive for the gesture is not yet known: a quarrel for economic reasons is hypothesized, but the episode could also be due to the elderly's mental problems.
(Unioneonline / L)
